A few weeks ago, I was barreling down the aisles at the Food Lion, throwing items into my cart, when I stopped in my tracks.

There was a sign that said “Attention customers! Eggo products may be unavailable for several weeks, due to a problem at the processing facility. We hope to have this resolved by mid-November. Thank you.”

Well, that’s not good, I thought to myself. My son and I love Eggo waffles. They are a staple item in our freezer.

I knew I had to act quickly, so I grabbed four of the remaining boxes to get through the next few weeks.

Ask any New Yorker who famously professed, “It’s déjà vu all over again,” they’ll have the right answer for you.

The real-life New Yorker attributed with the quote, of course, was New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra, who recently returned to the field at Yankee Stadium, which is now more like Yankee Stadium 2.0.

I’m sure his iconic phrase danced through his head as First Lady Michelle Obama and second lady Jill Biden escorted Berra onto the field of the new Yankee Stadium during the first game of this year’s World Series.

Don’t believe what you see in the movies or read in suspense thrillers—there’s nothing glamorous about being a crime reporter.

Characters portrayed in books and movies may be cunning, clever and crime-solving, but their real-life counterparts sometimes have trouble sleeping at night after covering horrific events that transpired that day.

Courtroom dramas depict last-minute turns of events and heroic testimony, but, in reality, trials are long and emotionally draining.

It’s hard to believe in just a couple of weeks we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving, and just a few weeks after that, Christmas will be here.

This is a busy time of year for most people in Brunswick County. From attending religious services to school, family and community events, there’s barely time to get all things done before the year draws to a close.

There’s been a lot of clucking and moaning the past few years about the phenomenon of over-protective parents who hover over their kids like helicopters, shielding them from the “real world” and not letting them learn to navigate life’s difficulties on their own.

We want our children to stand up for themselves, but we don’t want them to get seriously hurt when we could have done something to prevent it.